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...opens onto a vast ovoid, some 90m across, that formed the sanctuary itself. The ovoid is enclosed by a thick, curving wall of limestone blocks covered with inscriptions, some of which are more than 12m long. The afsm team believes the remains of the wall, along with additional inscriptions, extend more than 9m beneath the sand, and it is exploring the site using ground-penetrating radar and other high-tech tools...
...gays in the military. The military doesn't want the Homsi case to set a precedent. Still, the official review is a sign, and not the only one, that Britain is re-evaluating how its rules fit a changing society. In July, Members of Parliament voted to extend pension benefits to unmarried partners of M.P.s, gay or straight. The policy has not been extended to other government employees yet, but Liberal Democrat M.P. Evan Harris, who sponsored the amendment, is pushing for more change. "The public sector needs to keep up with the lifestyles and financial interdependence of modern couples...
...students who are collecting donations but the effort is not part of any set student group. While first-years have been stationed in front of Annenberg, students in other classes have been posted by PBHA in front of the Science Center. Clancy said that the efforts would extend to the houses in a few days. She said she became involved with the effort when Tian approached her and she realized that no one else was working on collectiong donations from students...
...Judy Singer and John Willett have provided excellent academic leadership to the School of Education over the past two years, while pioneering a unique administrative partnership,” Rudenstine said in a prepared statement. “I am grateful for their willingness to extend their creative approach and dedication to this new role...
...into a creative city. No metropolis ever became important without world-class academic institutions. Consider the City University of Hong Kong. Earlier this year when one of its professors, Li Shaomin, disappeared into a Chinese jail on trumped-up spy charges, Chang Hsin-kang, City University president, refused to extend any help even as some 600 scholars and colleagues of Li's around the world signed a petition calling for a fair and open trial. Chang excused himself by claiming Li's wife never requested help. (In fact she had asked him twice.) Can any university become great...